St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 15, 1914

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; : ‘English Aviator, After Firing Twice at German, Sees Opponent Shoot Down Into Clouds— German Shells Do Little Harm. machine, he could not be fired at when *: ‘ bd \, the conventional term which s0 seldom 5 @mpresses acourately the position taken ‘ ee nee net all, plapes Jost sight of his opponent amongst the SPY! death. In the Next | Sunday Post- SPY! SPY! Thrilling stories of secret agents in the nations at war, hundreds of whom have met summary VOL. 67. NO. 56. ST. Dispatch |; | Ve LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, ee ee ae ee 191 428 PAGES. Sie ieee ei ee .LOUIS POST-DISPATCH NIGHT Only Evening Paper in St. Louis W ith Associated Press News Service. “PRICE ONE CENT. ee ee ee — i Ba - EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS ee ee ea GERMANS R Terrific Assault za ——~ en ee - -_- be —_— —— —— —_—_ —_ ee — -—7-—-—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_— or LLL LLL CC LL LLL LLL LLL ee —_—_— oar i - —- ———7~ { Whole Royal Family Quits London; All Saloons Must Streets Dark in Fear of Zeppelins and Jobn. royal salute. fixed at the carly stages of the war 10 o’clock beginning Monday. At to keep drinking at a minimum. Famous London Streets Dark Not since the electric light sup- planted gas has London been so som- ber at night as at present, when the German Zeppelin fleet is a not un- likely visitor. The illuminated signs of Piccadilly Circus, the lamp-stud- ded cafe fronts of Leicester Square, have been extinguished. No more light is allowed than is necessary to traffic. Along the main ways of London, Threadneedle and Fleet streets, the Strand, Regent and Ox- ford streets, comprising the princi- pal financial and shop district, only every third street arc lamp is in use, and the upper halves of these are masked with black paint, so as to throw down a cone of light on the roadway. It is on these lines that IRTUALLY all members of the British royal family departed from London today for Sandringham. The duration of their stay was not announced. Queen Mother Alexandra and Princess Victoria left the eapital on a special train followed shortly by another special bearing King Gcorge and Queen Mary, Princess Mary and the Princes Albert A great crowd assembled at the station to give Their Majesties an enthusiastic reception, while the soldiers guarding the depot gave the The closing hour for restaurants, clubs and saloons which had been ing hour will be 7 p. m. and the suggestion has been made that no saloons open until 10 o’clock in the morning instead of at 5 or 6 as at present. The curtailment of the night hours is due to the desire of the authorities _— by R. Caton Woodville. Close at 10 P. M:; LONDON, Oct. 15, 2:50 p. m, at 11 o’clock at night, will be made Woolwich and Greenwich the clos- in Fear of Zeppelins. the Bank of England, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Trafalgar Monument, the National Gallery and the British Museum He. The suburbs, where the restrictions are easier, are now the brightest parts of London. The war has put a damper on Lon- don’s gayety in other respects. The stringent liquor regulation has also practically ended the theater supper business of the hotels. The restau- rant habit has declined in general. There are still 22 theaters running, whose business depends not on the state of the weather, but on how the war news goes. The people are not nervous and trust to the searchlights which play over London at night and to aviators to save them from the Zeppelins. _ BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT DESCRIBES ENCOUNTER IN MID-AIR A THRILLING By Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 15.—The Official War Information Bureau issues the nar- rative of an eyewitness from the headquarters of the British army, in sup- plementing his story of Oct. 11 of the movements of the British forces and the French army in immediate touch with them. The narrative is dated Oct. 18. It follows: ‘*From Friday, the 9th of October, until Monday, the 12th, there has been the usual sporadic shelling of our trenches, which has resulted in but % little harm, so well dug in are our men. Germans made yet a fresh assault, supported by artillery fire, against the point whach has all along attracted most of their attention. was again a costly failure, toward which our guns were able to contribute with great effect. *PDetaila have now been received of an exciting encounter in midair. One of our aviators on a fast scouting monoplane, sighted a hostile machine. He had two rifles fixed, one or either side of his éngine, and he at once gave chase, but clouds. “Boon, however, another machine hové into view which turned out to be ae German Otto biplane, a type of ma- | chine which is not nearly as fast as ours. “Our officer once again started a pur- suit. He knew that, owing to the po- gitio. 9f the propeller of the hostile astern of his opponent. At six yards range he fired one rifle without appar- ent result. Then, as his pace was car- rying him ahead of his quarry, hé turned round, and again coming to about the same distance behind, emp- tied *his magazine at the German. Disappeared Suddenly Into Cloud. “The latter began at once to descen! as if either he or his machine were hit. Shutting off his engine and volplaning to free his hands, our airman recharged his magazine. Unfortunately, it jammed, but he managed to insert four car- tridges and to fire them at his descend- ing opponent who disappeared into a cloud bank with dramatic suddenness. When the British officer emerged be- low the clouds he could see no sign of the other. He therefore climbed to an altitude of some 7000 feet and came to the conclusion that the German must have come to earth in the French lines. “The French airmen, too, have beon successful during the last three days, having dropped several bombs amongst the German cavalry and caused consid- erable lose and disorder and having by similar means silenced a battery of field howitzers. “The German anti-air craft guns re- cently have been unusually active. From their rate of fire they seem to be nearly Sutomatic, but so far they have not had much effect in reducing the air reconnalasances carried out by us. “A etriking feature of our line—to use Bp by an army—is that it consists really jemenpetse each other, but some more ad- On the night of the tenth the The attempt vanced than others and many facing in different directions. At one place they run east and west alongside of a valley; at another almost north and south up some subsidiary valley. Here they line the edge of woods and there they are on the reverse slope of a hill or possibly along a sunken road and at different points both the German and the British | trenches jut out like promontories into what might be regarded as the op- ponents’ territory. “Though both sides have moved for- ward at certain points and withdrawn at others, no very important change has been effected in their dispositions, in spite of the enemy’s repeated counter- attacks. These have been directed prin- cipally against one portion of the posi- Copyright 1914 by Post-Dispatch, by special arrangemen been numerous along the ——— -_- Son of the Pits Premier Missing Since Mobilization GENEVA, via Paris, Oct. 15.—Mme. Viviani, wife of the French Premier, has arrived here from Paris on a sad pil- She Is seeking news from the grimage. Red Cross Society concerning her young- er son, a student at Geneva, who has been missing since the mobilization of the French artillery. @| tion won by us, but in spite of the lavish, She intends to appeal to the Swiss President to use his good offices to as- expenditure of life they have not so far certain if he is a prisoner in Germany. succeeded in driving us back. —- ree 2 Victories in 2 Days For two consecutive days this week, Tuesday and Wed- nesday, the St. Louis Merchants bought more advertising space in the POST-DISPATCH alone, than in three out of four of its competitors combined. Tuesday’s results were published yesterday, herewith Wednesday’s figures: POST-DISPATCH alone - 08 Columns Three out of four of its competitors NOOR. 6. caiecccclsssecc ice URS The profitable experience of these Merchants covering many years prove the absolute supremacy of the POST- DISPATCH as an immediate result producer. Follow the Leaders Average circulation first 9 months of 1914: Daily (except Sunday), 176,659 Sunday - - - - - 313,575 First in Everything. the Sun Printing and Publishing Association, t ee | | | Caught in Wire Under Searchlight by with the Illustrated London News. Aisne , as is show n bo the official reports: of Ge Pn. eres Oe = Ne special arrangement with Sere eee the Illustrated London News. U.S. NOW PERMITS PRIVATE LOANS 10 WARRING NATIONS Administration Officials Class Such Transactions as Ordi- nary Business. ‘ ct. 15 became Administra- known today, WASHINGTON, tion officials, it now considers the belligerent nations of HRurope private firms or individuals to be in the same class with ordinary commercial transactions, Un- der this construction, such loans would nd be considered violations of neutrali- ty and therefore would not be interfered with by the United States Government. Shortly after the beginning of the war Secretary Bryan gave out a statement in which he said that the Government would not approve of loans made to the helligerent nations of Europe. ee loans to by ———— Iron Cross Given to Colonel of Hated Zabern Regiment via London, 1b.—To Col ! , who was commander of th> ljaSt year When troublé the townspeople BERLIN, Wet, von Reutel vieabern regiment, broke out between Zabern and the military, has been awarded the iron of the firs’ class for gallant conduct on the field Col. von Reuter recently was reportea to have been killed in an engagement near Dixmuyden, but the German Gov- ernment denied the accuracy of the re- “ ata Cross port, nee eee Be me OH | nent which we have closed to Buropean GARDNER ASKS INQUIRY INTO OUR CONDITION FOR WAR IS picture shows British infantrymen forcing their way through a German defense in one of the early engagements of the in spite of the wire entanglements and the searchlight which makes them a target for rifle fire and machine guns. Sir John FP re rench and memovers of his staff. de A ane RE SERRE rtarnn o Published in St. Louis exclusively by the Aisne campaign, Such incidents have — ee be A | Re Massachusetts Congressman, Presenting Resolu- tion, Says He Is Not a Neutral and Calls German Cause Unholy. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Inquiry into the preparedness of the United States for war, “‘offensive or defensive,” by a national security was pro- posed in a joint today by Representative Massachusetts, from Europe. “I have introduced investigate the millitary United States,” said Gardner, I know that a public search will open the eyes of Americans to a situatior. which is being concealed from them The United States é« totally unprepared for a war, defensiv. or offensive. against a real power. In my opinion, the effect of the vast sums of money spent by Carnegie in his peace propa- ganda has been to blind Americans to the fact that our national security from a military point of view is undermined “Nearly every army and navy officer commission, resolution introduced Gardner of who recentl) retur! this resolution to status of tn ‘‘hecause whom I have spoken tells me tle same story of inadequate security have to speak to a sin@le membe of either the Committee on Naval Af fairs or the Committee on Mi A‘- fairs .of the in whose judement I have who does not in private make the sain: admission. Yet, all these gentlemen seem to consider it their duty to re- frain from any public statement.” Gardner, referring to the prosperity and peace of the United “tates and to the “wonderful South American conti- to vert ary ‘ onfiden: ‘ ! I the liouse of Representatives i ; | doctrine,’’ understand of his- are im- to en- doctrine by moral ight alone.” ot Vet. cor colonization by the Monroe aeclared that he how any intel! student can fail to see that ent to- def could not gent We nd ourselves and Clal n ne,’ he. as- ited States can al- spirit of her all the Car- world will not si- that bul- bombast, serted, “when the UU? ford to allow the sons to be destroved and negie millions in the lence of us wi be stopped with nor powder vanquished by platitudes.” Gardner further declared in his state- ment accompanying the resolution that, with respect to the European war, he having been in the zone of conflict, his views were ‘“‘not these of a neutral.” “T am entirely convinced,”’ said he, “that the German ‘'s unholy, and, moreover, a menace to the principles of I belleve that nartial those iO helleve lets cannot Cause democracy. Furthermore, the god of battle (serTrmans, hut ? rat ren will visit defeat upon which side the nations oO matter ving, we m ember that since Sexinning of proved We must hee ixe noliitars to be able to resist -handed when the day of necessity comes The Gardner resolution proposes a commission of three Senators and three members of the House and three per- sons to be named by the President to make full investigation of the prepared- time victorpours and high-hand.- m at once to hive headstrong Te Organ- Wwe expect Ou astrenath if hieh cases nec lg ne all aN amin Ri a eet, lt Oa Al NR LA AD NEW OFFENSIVE IN ALSAC on Allies’ Line About Lassigny Fails BELGIAN ARMY JOINS HANDS WITH ALLIED FORGES IN FRANCE Invaders’ Have Only to March in to Possess Ostend—Cavalry Fighting Continues as Battle Line Extends Toward Channel — Roye Taken and Retaken 12 Times. | By ASSOCIATED PRESS. PARIS, Oct. 15.—The right wing of the allies is now begin- ning to show signs of activity. According to reports reaching continuous A force of Germans delivered a spirited attack on French troops, in which numbers were wounded. As night closed this force of the enemy was driven back in the direction of Muelhausen. : . (The fortress of Belfort is the southern end of the Fresith Germans were Paris this morning, there was yesterday an almost firing of heavy artillery along the frontier. right wing, and it was reported recently that he G preparing for a siege of he place.) French Left Makes Marked Progress The official communication given out by tne War Office this afternoon is as follows: ‘ In Belgium German troops coming from Antwerp are marching to. ward the west and the evening of Oct. 14 they reached the region of Bruges and Thielt (15 miles southeast of Bruges). First: On our left wing, the enemy has evacuated the left bank of the Lys. Between the Lys and the canal of La Bassee, the situation shows no change. In the region of Lens and between Arras and Albert, our progress has been marked. Retween the Somme and the Oise there has been no change. The Germans have cannonaded our line without, however, delivering any in- fantry attack. Second: On the center between the Oise and the Meuse we have ad- vanced in the direction of Craonne. Td he northeast of the highway of Berry-au-Bac to Rheims and to the north of Prunay in the direction of Beine several German trenches have been taken. Between the Meuse and the Moselle, after having repulsed during the night of Oct. 13-14 certain attacks to the southeast of Verdun, our troops advanced on the 14th to the south of the highway from Verdun to Metz. , | ‘‘Third: On our right wing the partial offensive movement under- taken by the Germans in the Ban de Sapt, to the north of St. Die, has been definitely checked. Lieutenant-Colonel Rousset, the French military critic, in his article today, declares that the recent official communications are lacking im clear- ness, and that it is impossible to find in them any indication, even an abse- lutely harmless one, of the present military situation. Col. Rousset says he ealls attention to this fact without any thought of recrimination. He says the French people have given evidence-of dignity, firmness, wisdom and patriotism, and they should be taken more into the confidence of the Gov- ernment. In concluding his article, the critic points out several instamess in which, in his opinion, the official communications have been lacking. The official communication issued last night by the War Office said: ‘‘The reports received tonight, which are in very general terms, indi- cate no important modification in the situation.’’ News has reached here of terrific fighting at Lassigny, where the Ger- mans made a concentrated attempt to breach the allied lines. The scenes of the severest conflict is said to have changed from Roye to Lassigny, but the batt'e still is progressing at Roye, which has been taken and retaken at least twelve times. The exact position of the bulk of the allied armies is being kept strictly secret, but it is believed that the forces in France and Belgium have joined hands since the fall of Antwerp. The German cavalry around Hazebrouck, France, which masked 6 movement of the infantry, suffered a severe check before the battle of Ypres, The Germans were unable to operate freely in masses owing to the nature of the ground where they were virtually at the mercy of the allied infantry and artillery. Some lively street fighting occurred in Hazebrouck, on which place the Germans had made a daring raid, while at Arras the town hall was burned te the ground during a bombardment. The Germans experienced an unpleasant surprise at Roye from the French infantry and artillery, and after the French gunners bad battered them a German battalion and cavalry regiment surrendered. Germans, Who Planned to Sweep toFrench Channel Ports, Stubbornly Resisted LONDON, Oet.' 15.—The ‘Battle of the Rivors,’’ the long line of which still stretches across France, stood in the background todsy im contrast with the comparatively small field of operations in the Department of Nord and in West Flanders, where the contending allied and Gert as 4 may decide during the next week, or perhaps sooner, a phase of the 4 erie ane oth wee Oy eee ie SRG SANE I coon, RISA ores